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Speculation about the past is probably unnecessary. Reed-Solomon/erasure codes have been in operations since the 1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed%E2%8

by cwmoore 2mo ago

Speculation about the past is probably unnecessary. Reed-Solomon/erasure codes have been in operations since the 1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed%E2%80%93Solomon_error_correction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed%E2%80%93Solomon_error_cor...

inigyou 2mo ago
Although a repetition of any high-rate erasure code can act similarly to a fountain code, they aren't classed as such.
- inigyou 2mo ago
  (or is it low-rate? one of those)